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kitchiyesterday at 7:15 AM5 repliesview on HN

Is GNSS jamming really as bad a problem as the article makes it seem?

The article itself reads like guerilla advertising so I'm inclined not to take it at face value.


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unsnap_bicepsyesterday at 7:36 AM

Veritasium did a video a few weeks ago about scientists trying to figure out where a space based GPS jamming signal came from. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz23G_UXCGA

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Juryesterday at 7:26 AM

I also read the same guerilla advertising for an alternative between the lines. If I understood it correctly from the article, the alternative itself is basically more of the same, but with a stronger signal.

So they basically will launch 300 satellites with an alternative that will face the exact same issues once jamming output signals increase too?

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eqvinoxyesterday at 12:51 PM

https://app.media.ccc.de/v/39c3-who-cares-about-the-baltic-j... [video]

39C3: "Who cares about the Baltic Jammer?" / "Terrestrial Navigation in the Baltic Sea Region"

First few minutes give a summary, remainder is about DLR's attempt to fix it.

Also, https://gpsjam.org/ (ADS-B data from planes, hence limited coverage area.)

kilroy123yesterday at 12:29 PM

In some parts of the world, it's getting bad. My partner is Lithuanian, and she/we go back there often. They're having a lot of issues there because of Russia.

colechristensenyesterday at 8:29 AM

Near a warzone with consumer hardware? Yes.

Military hardware uses different signals, encryption, more advanced receivers, etc etc, but these things are on ITAR lists and not shared with the public.

It's a little surprising to me that there's a commercial venture that has been allowed to provide these things to the public at some point.

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